Bakri Eid Bank Holiday 2021: Most of the banks in India will stay closed on 21 July 2021, on account of Bakra Eid. Only the gazetted holidays are observed by banks all more than the nation. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has categorised holidays below 3 categories — Holiday below Negotiable Instruments Act Holiday below Negotiable Instruments Act and Real-Time Gross Settlement Holiday and Banks’ Closing of Accounts. Banks will stay shut in Jammu and Srinagar on 22 July as properly to observe Eid-Ul-Azha. According to the list of holidays notified by RBI, there are state-precise holidays for diverse occasions.
Banks to stay functional in these cities on Bakra Eid 2021
On account of Bakra Eid (Id-Ul-Zuha) (Eid-UI-Adha), banks in most of the states across the nation will stay shut on July 21, except in cities such as Aizawl, Bhubaneswar, Gangtok, Kochi, and Thiruvananthapuram. Even as banks will stay shut on Wednesday, prospects can avail on the net services. Moreover, mobile and web banking will stay operational.
Banks to stay shut for up to 5 days this month
21 July 2021: Bakra Eid, Id-Ul-Zuha, Eid-UI-Adha
22 July 2021: Eid-Ul-Azha (Only in Jammu and Srinagar)
24 July 2021: Fourth Saturday
25 July 2021: Weekly off (Sunday)
31 July 2021: Ker Puja (Only in Agartala)
Including 21 July 2021 off, banks in lots of cities will stay closed for up to 5 days for the remainder of July month. Banks in Jammu and Srinagar will also stay closed on 22 July on account of Eid-Ul-Azha, according to RBI notification. This week, banks across the nation will stay closed on 24-25 July, on account of the fourth Saturday and weekly off. All the public and private sector banks across the nation observe holidays on the second and fourth Saturdays of each and every month, along with a weekly vacation on Sunday. There is a state-precise bank vacation on the last day of July, i.e 31st July 2021 in Agartala on account of Ker Puja.